Scenario 14-2 You Open Up Your Laptop to Begin Writing a Term

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Scenario 14-2
You open up your laptop to begin writing a term paper for your English literature class.You do a quick Google search on a few key phrases involving Shakespeare, Dickens, and Hemingway.But before you go further, you play a few video games, check your email, visit a couple music websites, take a cybertour of a new sports stadium, go to a coupon site, solve a murder mystery, go back to Google to check out a big name in the news, submit a slogan for a new local restaurant, and read a couple editorials on a magazine site.Then, you figure it's time to get down to work.
-(Scenario 14-2) The site where you solved a murder mystery is sponsored by a company that specializes in publishing mystery novels.Part of the site is devoted to a full catalog listing all of the company's titles currently in print, and other parts offer interactive activities, musings of well-known writers, and mysteries to solve.This is an example of a

• A)mash-up.
• B)direct response site.
• C)blog.
• D)corporate home page.

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